>> look what the nets hauled in. this is rock kit lobster, all 27 pound of him. he is not going toe the dinner table. he is going back under the sea. he is not the biggest. the biggest is 40 pounds. 40 pounds in a lobster. bill: as you like to say we'll need a bigger boat. martha: and a lot of melted butter. see you tomorrow, everybody. jon: rocky gets a reprieve. good thing. good morning, everybody, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. "happening now", two american soldiers killed by an afghan soldier after american soldiers reportedly burned copies of the koran the taliban is the group telling afghans to kill our troops. we'll dig into more of this. jon: fran fran and -- freddie mac and fannie mae. first taxpayer dollars

bailed them out. now we're footing their legal bills. jenna: a young man stumbles on a comic book collection and now more than $3 million richer. he will join us on set in about 45 minutes. >> love that story. right now gas prices pumping up to record highs for this time of year and there is massive sticker shock at one orlando gas station where the price per gallon hits a whopping $5.89 per gallon. some drivers pulling out of the station when they got a look at the sky-high prices. others shelled out for it and filled up their tanks. >> how much did you spend on gas today? >> $80. >> for how many gallons? >> 14 gallons. >> you think that is kind of expensive? >> absolutely. >> i got there and looked at the price. i'm not going to pay over $2 more a gallon than i should be paying. i will take my business elsewhere but i am very frustrated. jenna: across the country the average price for a gallon of gas stands at

$3.61. that is more than 40 cents higher than it was this time last year. joining us phil flynn, market analyst and fox business contributor joining us on the floor of the cme. what is going on? what is the number one reason? why are we seeing prices so high? >> i think it is the threat from iran more than anything else. we're seeing an incredible war premium put into the price of crude oil and that has driven prices dramatically higher. if that were the only thing maybe we could look beyond it. there are more tensions around the world. look at yemen and other countries around the region, very hot and high in tension. the markets are predicting something bad will happen very quickly. that is driving up oil prices. whatever the oil prices that goes directly what you pay for gasoline. jenna: a war premium. how high could it go? >> right now, jenna. some of these worst case scenarios we're hearing of 4 and $5 a gallon are a possibility if we actually do see a conflict with iran.

i'm holding out the other side of the equation, jenna. there is so much oil and so much supply right now. so many people are getting prepared for oil embargos and possibility of cuttoff of supply they have been hoarding supply. if we see things calm down in the middle east, we could see gas prices absolutely plummet and go below a gallon. cot go either way depending what happens in the middle east. jenna: some economists say the economy this time this year is stronger than last time therefore we can absorb the blow of higher gas prices. do you agree or disagree. >> anytime i would say that people yell at me on the train. they say no. we're in better shape to handle these gasoline prices even if we get to $4 a gallon. i'll rile tell you this, jenna if we get into situation where the middle east is unstable and see the volatility in price that is when it will hurt if we get up to $5 a gallon that could

be the draw that break the economic camel's back. jenna: we'll watch for that level. we're not there yet as you rightly point out. phil flynn. we have more on this, jon. jon: get to the political fallout. president obama gets ready to address rising gas prices as he make as pitch for his energy policies but how do americans really feel about the way the president is handling issue of gas price. a live look at joint base andrews as the president heads to florida to make that speech. a new poll finds most of those surveyed disapprove the president's handling of gas prices 58%. only 39% approve. joining us mean is a easton, washington columnist. senior editor of "forbes" magazine and a fox news contributor. interesting he will make that speech from florida where we saw the gas prices at one shell station in orlando, 5.89, almost 5.90 a gallon. >> that's right, jon. nobody has to tell barack obama high gas prices are

treacherous for a politician particularly a president seeking re-election. it is not a slam dunk. you had a case jimmy carter was, went to defeat with high gas prices but ronald reagan sailed to re-election with high gas prices. it is not a sole factor but what it does it feeds into an overall barometer how voters feel about the economy and right now this recovery is so fragile and so slow the biggest danger for the president is that, gas prices spike, continue to spike up and by the way, the aaa thinks it could go as high as 4.25 cents by end of may. hopefully not but what it could do is thwart a recovery and make unemployment start ticking back up. and that could really hurt the president's re-election prospects. jon: i will wave to the cameras before boarding the flight to florida. you don't have to look far

back into history with a presidential candidate got punished for high gas price. in this case it was not a president but john mccain. >> joan mccain was one. when you have now in this particular campaign and republican party and republican candidates picking up on this as a big issue. newt gingrich is today releasing a 30-minute commercial which i watched. he islamming the administration on energy and proposing own plan to reduce prices to $2.50 and create jobs that gives i am a good talking point as we head into super tuesday. even though oil and gas production is up and that is the case the president is going to make today but there are some key moments that stick in voters minds. one is refusal to go forward on keystone pipeline and left canada peddling its gas to china, instead of to us. that hurts him politically

as we move ahead, particularly if there is higher gas prices. jon: everybody would like to see a planet which we could live with solar power and wind energy and that sort of thing but we are not there yet, until we get there you need to pump petroleum out of the ground. the president had this opportunity to bring in canadian petroleum through this xl oil pipeline, the keystone pipeline and turned his back on the plan, stunning even the canadians. >> you're right though. you do have to reduce dependency on foreign oil and you have to move forward in a more energy efficient way. the president, what he will talk about today too, trying to revive nuclear energy as one piece of that. but yes, oil production at this point, domestic oil and gas poduction is a key piece of the near term energy needs of the country. long term you have to start looking beyond that. the problem is, solar and a

lot of alternative energy pieces they are such a tiny percent of energy. it just, we haven't moved the needle far enough on this. jon: you know why she is teachi atng harvard. nina easton. thank you. >> thank you,. jenna: it is a story we've been keeping a close eye on, drug shortages. one little girl's story got our attention. her name is rowan carr. she is four years old. she was diagnosed with lukemia in 2010. chemotherapved her life. her cancer drug was running out until recently the fda stepped in and there was media attention on the story. we spoke withrow wan and her mom last week. take a listen to this. >> my concern this is obviously becoming a bigger problem. the list is getting longer every month of drugs that are, you know, in short supply and my concern is that with new children diagnosed all the time with lukemia, at what point is there going to be a change made so that we don't run

into this problem where, oh, we have to release emergency supplies? jenna: around 280 drugs are in short supply according to our latest research. that number moves quite a bit by the way. for more on this we're joined live on the phone by fda commissioner margaret hamburg, highest ranking official in the fda we used the smaller story to talk about big issue about the drug shortages. what preventative issues are we taking so we don't have them? >> it is obviously a really important issue and one that is complicated. there is no one factor that underlies stems from a series of economic, legal, regulatory policy and clinical care issues but what the fda is trying to do is help support industry to make sure we can get those drugs to people when they need them and that means working to make sure that the quality of the drugs being manufactured is as high as it can be so we

don't have problems like particulates in the drugs or contamination from germs or other problems that result in shortages if a company has to shut down production. when we see shortages emerging then we work to both clean up the problem or address the underlying problems for the shortage with the company but also to find other companies that can ramp up production or start production so that we can get drugs to people who need them and that's what we did with an important drug for childhood lukemia, methotrexate. april happy to report that we believe we have the supply the nation needs for treatment of childhood lukemia and other cancers and medical conditions and will be able to sustain that supply. jenna: if i could, commissioner, momentarily littlely interrupt you. you said you have enough supply of one cancer drug but it is one of many.

there is month's supply ever demand for that. how do you determine what constitutes a drug shortage? is it having more than a month's supply? six months? less than a week? how do you know what a shortage really is? >> well when we say we have a month's supply, we have a month's supply available now but the companies are still manufacturing at that rate actually increasing. so we've got as much as we need and more but we work with companies and the health care system to monitor how much drug is being used. and that is our standard that we work to achieve is to meet the active demand in the health care system. and you know, in this economic environment, you know, many companies of course are just doing just in time manufacturing and that does create issues when a problem arises and we don't have that level of inventory that would be nice. jenna: that is one of the things we were talking about when we talked about the segment earlier is that it is tough for the

manufacturers. they're in a tough situation. they may not have the ingredients. they don't have the supplies. there is not necessarily great mode of communication with the fda or otherwise to make sure there are alerts, hey, we have a problem and we may have to shut down the facility. we love to talk to you more about it in the future but we're a little short on time. when we used words like rushed supplies or expedite approval. how concerned are you in issues like this that you have complete quality control of the drugs? >> quality is the bottom line. we're not going to get out there that isn't safe and effective and not quality for consumers. when there is a critical drug in shortage we redirect resources to work on that problem so that you don't have a child like the one we just heard about who might have a treatable disease and couldn't get the drugs that they needed. so we are trying to be as

nimble as we can, responding to problems as they emerge. we're also trike to work with companies earlier on so we get wind of a problem before it is a crisis or near-crisis and help address it and that's one of the things that really is paying off. we wrote to companies and said, you don't have to by law but please voluntarily work with us and give us early notification of potential drug shortages so we can work with you to address them. jenna: we appeal to those companies as well. obviously it is a story we'll continue to watch, commissioner. we appreciate the time and having the opportunity to speak directly to the fda we look forward to having you back on. jon: also, jenna, another story about an 8-year-old girl who is fighting for her life after she was shot in her own school. we'll update you on her condition and tell you more about how this happened. jenna: two american soldiers killed in afghanistan as riots grow over inad veernt ant burning of --

inadvertent burning of korans on the ground. live report from afghanistan just ahead. jon: it is the race for the republican nomination that none of these four men might be able to win before the convention. can voters decide on a candidate? professor larry sabato says republicans seem to like some traits in each of the four but none of them is running away with it. go to our website and give your thoughts on it, foxnews.com/happeningnow. ♪ hi. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. two flavors. in harmony. honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better.

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leading to calling it accidental shooting but still a ton of questions here. like how did a third-grader get access to a gun? why was it in his backpack? what caused the gun to go off? the bullet went through the boy's backpack and striking the 8-year-old in the abdomen. lucky for nina, a nurse was visiting the school at the time and was able to help out until the ambulance came. >> her eyes were open. she was looking at us. yes, so we were trying to keep her alert. i saw the child was laying on the floor and, another person was, who was next to her as she was trying to hold the pressure. i tried to talk to the girl to find out if she is conscious. she is alert. her eyes were open widely and she was able to talk but it was hard for her to talk. >> reporter: now the boy who brought this gun to school is being held in a juvenile detention center while the police investigate but again this is thought to have been an accident.

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jon: two american soldiers are dead, killed in afghanistan as protests intensify across that country. we're told an angry afghan soldier actually turned his gun on our troops at a u.s. base in nangar province. the first american casualties in several days of unrest after nato's admission copies of koran were inadvertently burned at bagram airbase. the taliban is urging afghans to kill nato troops in retaliation. white house sent a letter to afghan president hamid karzai apologizing for the koran burning. the national security spokesman tommy veetor sent a letter to the president karzai to continue their discussion on a range of issues related to our long-term partnership. in the letter the president also expressed our regret and apologies over the incident in which religious

materials were unintentionally mishandled at bagram airbase. let's got to kabul, afghanistan, where conner powell is streaming live. conner? >> reporter: jon, for the past three days u.s. officials in afghanistan tried to limit the damage from the growing crisis but a situation that has gone from bad to worse and really turning into a full-blown crisis here in afghanistan. we saw again today, protests all over afghanistan. here in kabul, they were for the most part fairly peaceful but in other parts of the country they turned into all out riots. as you said two american soldiers were killed when an afghan soldier turned his weapon on u.s. troops out of anger for this koran burning incident. the taliban of course are using this entire incident to their benefit. they're calling on other afghan soldiers and police officers to turn their weapons and to attack afghan and u.s. soldiers. they are trying to show scenes of discord throughout

the country. we're getting constant e-mails and statements from the taliban using this to their effect. it is a problem for the u.s. military and diplomats here in afghanistan. tomorrow, is holy day of prayer in the muslim world. we expect to see much larger crowds tomorrow, the big question is, will they be violent crowds? the other big concern is, will these protests end tomorrow or do these spiral into day after day after day protests? u.s. firms are hoping to limit the damage. they know there will be protests tomorrow. the big question, will they end tomorrow and will there be anymore human sacrifice and loss of life here in afghanistan, jon? that is the big fear. jon: really tragic, tragic story. conner powell joining us live from kabul. conner, thank you. jenna: for more we're joined by lieutenant colonel tony shaffer, retired from the u.s. army and at the center for at advances studies and author of "operation dark heart". we're leaving out a key story part of this story and i will read from the

"wall street journal" about this. the description of koran. these books, according to some u.s. officials contained extremist literature and clandestine communications between prisoners. they were using them to community between each other inside the prison. >> absolutely. jenna: if that is the case, this isn't a holy book, isn't it? is it enemy propaganda? what are you supposed to do with it? what do you think?. >> it is intelligence information. catherine herridge and i were speaking same thing. this goes on in guantanamo. this was mistake by a very tired army. these koran were of intelligence value. let set aside religious value caused by destruction. we have document exploitation these things should have been into the larger picture and looked at. the idea someone said get rid of these things because they're trash is insane from two levels. first the intelligence value and secondly, anyone knows in arab country where you have this level of interest

in their relidge just values, you do something like this it will get you in trouble. frankly the administration and general allen made it worse by every apology, by every public statement of our administration of making a mistake. pouring gasoline on the fire. i talked to jonathan hunt about this yesterday and i predicted this was going to happen. jenna: let me ask you about the apology. >> sure. jenna: why do you believe the apology emboldens our enemies rather than pacify them? >> it is a statement of weakness, jenna. we have done things completely in reverse as a nation. you always want to negotiate from a position of strength. one of the things we're trying to do is get the taliban to re-energize itself as member of society. what we done announced our departure. we're expecting them to come in and be good guys. this, jenna, adds to their boldness. the reason we're negotiating with us, blood is the in water. they're like sharks. frankly we're negotiating for nothing. we would expect them to tell the people to back off if they were really good partners in the negotiation. this is where the current

team doing this, with the administration is completely out of touch with realities of situation. jenna: what should they be doing instead? >> well, first off we're beyond repairing whole negotiation process. we need to look at pakistanis a folks that control the taliban and deal withs them directly on this. the idea of negotiating with taliban will get us more what we're seeing here. the idea of oning a office in for them? come on, we're not helping ourselves giving into them every chance. we need to be on offensive and look at what is important. pakistanis have nuclear weapons they control the taliban. we have to negotiate not taking on tenth century ragtag outfit all they want to do is leave. frankly at this point is best thing we wan do. jenna: from "the wall street journal" taliban is calling for afghans across the country to attack western bases, target military convoys and kill soldiers at the same time.

the latest taliban statement is affirming they want to continue the negotiations with united states. colonel schaeffer, what about our troops? >> that is the problem. if we're serious in negotiations, jenna, we should demand the taliban stop saying that and back off. you know, the idea here we're going to try to get them back in the political process. this is not helpful. frankly as i said yesterday, saying again today, the more we apologize we endanger our troops. we have to come at position of strength and not weakness. make sure we will defend our troops any way we can, at the same time we're going to negotiate we need to get something back in negotiations. not continue to give stuff away. jenna: nice to see you. we'll talk much more about this. thank you. jon: republican race for the white house, four candidates are still in it and doesn't look like anyone is going to be leaving the race anytime soon. are primary voters having trouble making up their mind? what impact could it have come convince time? plus, gun laws in our nation's capitol, coming under the microscope even

after the supreme court ruled folks can own firearms for lawful purposes like self-defense. now new questions about the ruling might be keeping folks from getting guns. we're live with that story. ♪

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jenna: "happening now", new questions emerging about gun laws our nation's capitol. the supreme court ruled a the second amendment protects individual to own a firearm in washington for lawful purposes like self-defense in your home. some are finding the law isn't exactly crystal clear. shannan bream from washington. various, state to state how tough is it to get a gun in washington, d.c.? >> reporter: used to be considered nearly impossible for a law-abiding decision to get a gun here in d.c. then the decision from supreme court said you have to make it legal. certainly you can have restrictions but you have to make it possible. we've been following a emily miller. she was a crime victim. decided to get a gun. writes in blogs and decided to do it publicly. emily started this procedure in october. just a week ago got her gun. she says there were so many twists and turns and hidden expenses and hoops to jumped through she almost gave up. here is what she had to tell

us. >> everyone says it is really hard to get a gun in d.c. i wasn't even sure i was legally allowed to. i didn't know if i had to prove. if i wasn't doing it in newspaper and publicly i wouldn't have gone through the whole process. was that hard, was that complicated. >> reporter: she is not the only one. there was another big case in the supreme court dealing with chicago's laws. more recently the gentleman in that case who won as well i'm told is still having trouble getting his hand legally on a firearm as well, jenna. jenna: they are cleared legally to do it but there is so much red tape but almost impossible to do it. that seems in conflict as you're pointing out, shannon. what are lawmakers doing about this? >> reporter: d.c. they faced a couple of lawsuits. city is dealing with that in the wake of the heller decision, folks, hey you changed the law a bit but still nearly impossible for me to get a unif. city prevailed on those but they're willing to discuss streamlining the process a bit and helping out folks who want to go through the process legally. we talked with councilmember

phil mendelsohn about changes he is proposing. he says d.c. as special burden. here is what he is telling us. >> this is the nation's capital and we have higher public safety burden than any other city in this country. the, we've been challenged twice to, i think we've been challenged twice with regard to our gun laws. we have not been responsive to heller. our law has been upheld. and, we have made it possible for people to register their guns. >> reporter: folks gone through the process say yes it is possible but you have to be committed, willing to take days off work and spend hundreds of dollars aside from the gun you're going to buy. for his part the councilman tells us that these eased restrictions will come up for a vote here in march in d.c. it will be interesting to see how much support they have. jenna? jenna: indeed, shannon bream, live from d.c., thank you.

jon: let's take you to the campaign trail now from america's election headquarters. four candidates remain in the race for the republican nomination and it could very well stay that way, really all the way to the convention. three already have won at least one state. the exception being ron paul, and with many gop voters seeming unable to settle on one candidate, none of these nice guys might wind up with enough delegates to before the convention. let's talk about that with larry sabato, center for politics at the university of virginia. larry, you say one of the issues at play this year the strongest candidates in your view just didn't get into the race? >> i think republicans feel that way. i've seen this in poll after poll and i think it is one reason why every time one of these four rises to the top people find 10 reasons why they're inadequate. maybe they're too harsh on the four that are left but they keep dreaming about the

one that got away. whether it is chris christie or mitch daniels or jeb bush or paul ryan. all these names and many others decides are just mentioned constantly. it comes up in e-mail and twitter chatter. so again, that is tough for the four candidates that are in there. it makes it tough for them to, for any one of them to manage to get that majority, that 1144 delegates. jon: here is the way one astute political observer and rhodes scholar put it in his online posting. republicans love to combine the economic acumen of mitt romney, the social conservatism of rick santorum and debating skills of newt gingrich and enthusiasm of young voters for ron paul into one candidate. what do you think about that remark, larry? >> well, i absolutely agree with it. jon: because you wrote it. >> yeah, i'm not, i'm not of a mind to disagree with myself so quickly anyway. look, genetic engineering would be required for that to happen and we're several

generations away from being able to do it but that is the way people are thinking. jon: there is something that people like about each one of these guys but they can't find the whole in, i guess any of the four, huh? >> that is really what it boils down to. i think the candidate who would be most advantaged would be the one who would sit down and think about his three opponents, what that open pobt brings to the table and find a way to incorporate that into his own campaign. if one of these candidates can do that, he will be the nominee probably well before the convention. jon: there has long been talk about republican voters not warming to mitt romney. you and you say that rick santorum is the latest anti-romney hope? >> yes, he is. there's no question about that. i think santorum in some ways compliments the picture that we've gotten from mitt romney. mitt romney is the very

successful businessman who was raised by a governor and who had many advantages in life. santorum didn't have any of that. he has identified much more with blue collars, with the blue-collar workers. his own background. he talks about his grandfather being a coal miner and all the rest. he fits the image of the anti-romney. that is one reason we've seen this santorum surge. now all surges rise and fall and it will only be a matter of time before this falls at least a bit. i suspect it will happen next tuesday. jon: it will be interesting to see if these four guys are still in it all the way to the convention as is possible. larry sabato, university of virginia, thank you. jenna: we certainly know the economy is a major issue for these candidates as well as part of all that, the housing market. there is new controversy over the government's rescue of mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac three years ago. with reports that taxpayers, all of us shelled out more or around $50 million in

legal fees to defend the company's former executives including those accused of securities fraud. chief washington correspondent james rosen is live in our d.c. bureau with this story. >> reporter: jenna, good morning. this hefty legal tab taxpayers are picking up for former fannie mae and freddie mac executives stretches all the way back to 2004 and will ultimately exceed $100 million. these are the central findings of a report released yesterday by the office of the inspector general for the federal housing finance agency. the ig found between 2000 four and end of this past october, fannie and freddie collectively shelled out 99.4 million to underwrite legal defense mounted by three individuals who faced a slew of investigations lawsuits and three administrative actions. three former executives, fan -- franklin raines, j timothy howard, former chief financial officer and leanne spencer former comptroller not pictured here. they are charged with

accounting fraud to inflate fannie mae stock prices an bonus. they have been consolidated into one security frauds case awaiting trial here in district of columbia. the executives deny wrongdoing. if the courts find otherwise they would be expected to repay tens of millions advanced for their defense by taxpayers. the inspector general said, fhfa and fannie mae believe that their options are limited in paying current legal fees for former officers and directors which now amount to almost 100 million. the office of the inspector general nonetheless believes that fhfa must continue its efforts to both control and scrutinize these legal expenses now and in the future, unquote. these indemnification of the executives where the agency picks up legal bills unless wrongdoing are found is fairly standard practice. in this case taxpayers are already out $183 billion for the losses at fannie and freddie suffered in the subprime lending catastrophe, jenna.

jenna: every time you hear that number, it hits you. incredible, james, thank you very much. james rest aren for us today. >> reporter: you got it. jon: the fda doing an about-face, reversing decision to ban a highly anticipated weight-loss drug. rick folbaum will have more on that story coming up. from obscure to extinct. a tiny town in florida may hold big memories for some but it is about to be wiped off the map. we'll tell you why. ♪ . are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

jenna: new next hour the jury in with a guilty verdict and sentencing recommendation for the star lacrosse player now convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. how much the jury thinks george huguely should get when he is sentenced. and what the judge can do about that. u.s. and north korea

starting up nuclear talks for the first time since kim jong-il's death. we'll see if any progress is made to get the north korean government to disarmament steps. scientists searching for new life on mars. what they found on the red planet and what it could mean. jon: well, it is a place that has no mayor, no city hall or courthouse and only one road. islandia, florida. it is the smallest city with population of just five. well, now islandia is about to disappear from the map completely. been asy for some 50 years but its status was always in question with some saying it was really just a part of a get rich quick scheme hatched by developers. phil keating live in miami with more. phil? >> reporter: like the original miami beach, carl fisher, if you build it they will come. that was the original plan. history of islandia, collection of 33 islands for

super-rich. hideout for pirates and prohibition bootleggers and even presidential vacation spot. shirts were optional. south of miami in biscayne bay sits florida's smallest city, call it islandia or call it paradise. >> it is paradise. >> reporter: deb johnson is one of five people that call it home. >> i have my neighbors pete there. all pelicans are named pete. water is like an aquarium here. >> reporter: front yard, backyard is all atlantic ocean? >> that's correct. there is a little bit of isolation but i don't feel claustrophobic at all. >> reporter: back in the '60s a shirtless president lyndon johnson vacationed here. that is him with the flipped up hat. but islandia is and always has been more of a ruse than a real city. this was the only intended road. there is no courthouse. no city hall. in fact, there is not even a mayor. it was all just a classic get rich quick scheme to pry

florida taxpayers for bridges and development. but then lbj signed islandia into biscayne national monument but its incorporated status remained, creating an annual bureaucratic headache for nearly 50 years. >> they have never filed their state papers. they do not cash checks that are made to them and they do not file the reports and pay their fees. >> reporter: so islandia is going away forever. >> bye. >> reporter: you never have rush-hour traffic. no bumper-to-bumper stress. no daily gas prices to deal with but in the summertime you can not walk from the house to the boat without having a full body mosquito outfit. like being a beekeeper. during the winter time, right now it is absolute paradise, jon. jon: fascinating bit of history. phil keating thanks. jenna: going once, going twice. a stash of old comic books auctioned off for a jaw-dropping price even surprising the seller. we'll talk to him coming up

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jon: holy smokes, batman. a very rare comic book collection selling for a whopping $3.5 million. the guy cashes in after discovering his late great-uncle's stash hidden in a closet. jenna: hidden there among the 345 well-preserved comics this copy which sold for 10 cents back in 1939 featuring the debut of batman is selling for $523,000. i can only laugh about this. joining us live is that very lucky guy, comic book

collector now, michael rorrer. you weren't a comic book collector before but now we call you one. how did you find it? it was in the closet. tell us the story. >> a year ago my great-aunt passed ad way and we went up to clean everything up at her house to get it ready for selling. everything we didn't want was going to be auctioned off. so we, we took, i went looking through the house and while i was looking through the house i found a bunch of old toys in the basement. when i was leaving the basement, i noticed a closet and i opened the door, i thought it was just stacks of magazines. and it turned out, i turned one over and looked at it, and it was a comic book. my mom was coming up to pack everything that we, that i picked that i wanted to take to my house and, i told her i wanted those comics. jenna: why wouldn't you want the comics? jon: your great-uncle when

he was boy bought these and they were some of the most rare comic books in existence today. >> yeah. jon: i know you found a list of 100 of the most desired comic books that collectors want and he had what, 44 of them? >> yes. it was something else. we had them just laid out on the table at the house. we couldn't believe what we we had. the next day we went and put them all in a safety deposit box. jon: good idea. so they go on auction. jenna: $3.5 million. what are you going to do with the money? >> save it. have it as a rainy day fund if anything ever happens. jenna: did you keep one comic book for sentimental reasons, michael? just to have it or did you sell them all? >> sold them all. jon: no use for them, huh? jenna: i had to ask. >> i figured that it would be better to let somebody who collects them keep them who would cherish them. jenna: feel pretty good today? >> yes. jenna: i bet you do. i bet you do. $3.5 million richer.

not bad at all. jon: got a good financial advisor. jenna: you gave me an excuse to be a packrat for the rest of my life. i tend to save everything. thank you, michael for that gift that you give me. congratulations at the auction and thanks for coming in to talk to us about it. jon: good thing you didn't throw them away. jenna: yeah. jon: new information on a story we're watching. military helicopters collide on a training mission. seven u.s. marines die as a result. we have brand new details on the tragic accident in the california desert. a live report coming up next. one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i forgot my phone! the "name your price" tool.

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and visit juvederm.com. jon: just in, more details on the crash of two military helicopters in the california desert leaving seven u.s. marines dead. casey stegall reporting live from the west coast for us. >> reporter: this mid-air collision happening last night around 8:00, and for some perspective, let's show you the area we're talking about here, because it is a massive military

installation. the accident occurred in a remote port of the yuma training range complex but the choppers actually went down on the california side of what's known as the chocolate mountain aerial gunnery range, they use this spot for training because it replicates the mountains of iraq and afghanistan. now, this is file video provided for us by the u.s. military of a similar training exercise last year, involving the same kind of helicopters. the choppers belonged to the third marine aircraft wing out of miramar, california but the seven marines on board who were killed, based out of camp pendelton, north of san diego. one of the choppers involved is a cobra, and this is what that aircraft looks like. it is the backbone of the marine corps attack helicopter fleet, and holds a crew of two, a pilot and usually a gunner. the other was known as a superhuey, or venom, helicopter. it's a twin engine, medium-sized utility chopper, capable of holding

up to ten passengers, in addition to one or two pilots, and a crew chief. now, senator john mccain releasing a statement this morning saying, in part, and i'm quoting here, this tragedy is a grave reminder of the sacrifices the men and women of our armed forces make to keep us safe. the pentagon says that this was an accident, and that it is under investigation. they also tell us that it will be 24 hours before the names of those seven u.s. marines will be released jon. jon: even in training, the military can be a dangerous place. casey stegall, thank you. >> yes. >> >> reporter: rick folbaum in the fox news control room, stories that are brand new this hour, stories you'll analsee -- only see here, remember that guy who had the nine-year-old drive the van in we learn his punishment today. also down here, we could be weeks away from a brand new diet drug approved by the fda. the potential benefits, but why some people are still a

little concerned about possible side effects. and then over in this monitor here, a man called the police to report a suspicious person on his property. the police don't respond, because they're on standby for an occupy oakland march. this man is killed. and now, the fallout. that, plus breaking news, the second hour of "happening now" starts right now. jenna: syrian troops stepping up their deadly attacks against the opposition as warnings of a humanitarian crisis grow more desperate. we're glad you're with us everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott, a bloody barrage of mortar shells reigns down on homs. jenna: arab nations in the west are pleading for a crest fire to allow humanitarian aid into those areas hardest hit by the brutal crackdown. dominic di-natale is live for us in beirut, lebanon. >> reporter: more

unrelenting bombardment, 150 shells fired yet again into that area, according to activists on the ground there. they're saying now that syrian government tanks have moved into the edge of the neighborhood, they haven't been able to so far, but activists are telling us they're ramping up everybody over the age of 14 and taking them away. we don't know how many numbers they're taking away, nor to where they are taking them. but we do know there's been a large number of tanks brought into the neighboring areas, part of an expected advance of what -- >> [inaudible] >> what is expected two days ago. we saw a heavy attack yesterday in which two western journalists were killed and 60 other people also perished in a large amount of rockets in one part of that neighborhood. with regard to that, the western germans have survived that attack, and they are being treated. one is a photographer from the sunday times, part of

the organization which fox news also belongs to. we also understand that the united nations has received investigation of high ranking officials who could stand trial for crimes against humanity. bashar al assad is said to be on that list. no word on when they will investigate those crimes into humanity. for citizens in homs, it's the topped of -- top of an agenda at a meeting with hillary clinton, leading the part of that session, we understand she will be calling for stronger sanctions on the syrian regime, as well as a humanitarian corridor, but at the moment, no specific plan, but we do believe that finally, some form of emergency aid to those caught nup the fighting will finally be announced.

jenna. jenna: dominic di-natale live for us in beirut, thank you. >> jon: inside america's election headquarters now, and looking at the fallout from a crucial debate, rick santorum taking center stage for the first time last night, attracting most of the attacks in arizona. he's basking in the glow of his new frontrunner status. but did the debate change anything in the race for the republican nomination? let's talk about it with david hawkings, editor of the cq daily briefing. did it change snig. >> i think it changed, if anything, for the worse for rick santorum. i think he had opportunities to solidify himself as conservative of choice and he missed it. jon: being the center square wasn't necessarily helpful. >> it wasn't helpful because he was the focus of the attention so everything he said, the attention was magnified. a few dea baits ago, there

were 20 now? look back at 13, when he was on the fringe, people didn't pay attention to everything he said, this time every word mattered. when he said that quote about politics was a team sport and he had to take one for the teal and when he voted for president bush's education bill, bad move for him, didn't look good, didn't score any points with conservatives at all. jon: right. conservatives seem to be looking for somebody who is sort of an outsider, somebody who's ready to change the way washington does business and in many of his responses he basically seemed to affirm that he was part of the washington establishment. >> right. i mean, he was talking a language about committee meetings and appropriations and this sort of washingtonspeak, which i as somebody who covers washington, i understood. i'm probably in a very, very tiny minority of people who did understand it. it made sense factually but in terms of messaging it reinforced his notion he's spent his time as senator. jon onand in some of the early debates he was

essentially ignored by the competitors but this time as frontrunner, he took heat from all of them. >> he definitely did. he was boxed in, right? he had romney on the one side and he had romney's new wing man, ron paul, on the other side, who got sort of the laugh of the night with the -- well, because he is a fake sound bite, which i'm sure you've played, and it seems as though for whatever reason, romney and paul are in sort of an alliance to try squeeze santorum out. >> jon: was it a good night to myth roam in. >> solid night for mitt romney, he -- the expectations weren't quite -- quite as intense, he didn't have a moment that owned the night but he had several points at which he stood on message. at the end, you'll remember, he said you guys get to ask the questions, i get to give the answers i want. he was very rigorous, on message, he seems to be comfortable with this notion that people will think he's the robotic mitt romney but he's going to do what debate prep 110 tells you to do, which is say what you want to say. jon: newt gingrich almost

always does well in the debate. >> when he threw his army over -- arm over the chair and looked like professor gingrich, it almost looked like he was one of the observers, almost one of the pan les. he had clever lines, he is still sort of the debate champion, but he sort of seemed to put himself outside the mix a little more than i would have expected. i don't know jon so these debates often portend a shakeup in the way these candidates are positioned in the polling. >> right. jon: newt gingrich would do well, and then after a debate, maybe fall off a little bit. would you expect to see that as a result of what happened last night? >> i would to -- would expect to see gingrich come up a little bit, romney do fierntion and it seems as if the debate performance is any indication, santorum's momentum may get slowed. jon: dave hawkings from cq roll call briefing, thank you. >> take care. jenna: we have a business alert for you, gas prices

jumping 3 cents overnight. doesn't sound like much but it truly adds up, a -- aaa reporting the level is 3.61 a gallon. today the president will deliver a speech on energy, addressing the latest price spike when it comes to gas prices. itch edison is live in washington with more on this. hi rich. >> reporter: good afternoon, jenna. a white house official says the president will offer for phony promises this afternoon, in acknowledgement that the administration can do little to immediately reduce global oil prices. this afternoon the official says the president will highlight administration efforts to cut the amount of oil americans use by setting fuel economy standards on energy resources, the white house says the long term initiatives are the most realistic solution. >> the president's approach has been to responsibly increase domestic oil and gas production. what he has never said and what i attempted, i thought, to appropriately say yesterday, was the idea that

there are magic solutions, that you can put forward a proposal to cut the price at the pump in half, you know, on a piece of paper with a couple of magic bean, it's just not realistic. >> reporter: last year, amid another price spike, the administration announced the creation of an oil and gas price fraud working group. we've heard little from it since its creation. republicans continue their criticism of the president's energy strategy. senator john cornyn of texas said in a statement that an all of the above energy strategy starts with signing off on the keystone xl pipeline and the tens of thousands of american jobs that come with it, which the president could do with a simple stroke of a pen. instead, the administration has rejected its immediate construction, calling the advance decision deadline rushed and arbitrary. jenna. jenna: we'll watch for the president's statement today. rich, thank you. jon: got a gps? it can obviously help you get from point a to point b, but is it possible these systems could pose a serious risk to our national

security? we'll take a look at that. plus, new developments in the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife while on their honeymoon, the judge blocking testimony from a key witness. why? and what it means for the prosecution's case. also, rick at the web wall for us. >> reporter: we just got analysis of the performance of the candidates in last night's gop debate. we've got a question. it's a poll and you can actually take part, go to the break, on the home page, scroll down, and answer are you satisfied with the debate, yes or no. it's your turn to weigh in and you can do it right now. and we'll have more of "happening now" after a quick break. don't go away. ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder whaother questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choo prego.

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other reports of poisoning. rice and his assistant were both found in a uganda hotel, the assistant is in critical condition but recovering from being in a coma. we'll keep you up to date thoon. jurors will not hear from the father of an alabama woman who drowned in australia on her honeymoon, the judge ruling the testimony inadmissible against gabe watson, accused of killing his glief a judge sentencing a detroit man for two years probation for letting him #-year-old daughter drive him around while he was drunk. remember this, the father pleaded guilty to child abuse in allowing an unlistened minor to drive. jon: remember the good old days of relying on directions or old fashioned map to get around? well today many of us just punch the buttons on our gps device instead and while it's a great tool when you're lost, there are some serious new warnings about how the systems can be an ip mate -- manipulated by people who want to do us harm. john roberts live with that

from atlanta. >> reporter: good afternoon, john. you may want to go back to that old map after what we're saying here. gps is engained -- engrained in our lives, it's all from a device like this, a gps jammer that can be bought for $50. a big conference in the u.k., world experts heard about the threat from jammers and a spoofer that can make a gps-guided car, plane or ship think that it's either in a different location or time than it actually is. they heard about a 2010 experiment where low level jamming was aimed at ships at sea, the ships veered off course, the communications system crashed and emergency backup system failed. the map showed the ship was on dryland in belfast, ireland when it was actually in the north sea and it's feared terrorists could go to a narrow channel, some place like charleston and savannah, georgia and use devices to cause collisions

and shut down that harbor. an expert says the system is vulnerable to attack. >> if you're a rogue nation or terrorist network, and you'd like to cause some large scale damage, perhaps not an explosion, but more an economic attack against the united states, this is the kind of area that you might see as a soft spot. >> another soft spot, stock and comodly trades are time stamped using gps. an unscrupulous trader can delay the time enough to get competing trades or hackers could eliminate times that would set off alarm bells for automatic trading programs. >> if something looks fishy, they will often pull out of the market automatically and that kind of withdrawal from the market at a large scale could cause liquidity problems and you can get a flash crash like we did in 2010. >> that's when the stock

market dropped 600 points in five minutes because automatic trade programs looked at an noosh trade and said we're getting out. then there's this, newark airport not too long ago put in a gps-guided landing system at the airport, airport authorities noticed four or five times a week the system was going down. they couldn't figured out why. turned out a guy was moonlighting using a company van that had a gps tracker in it, he plugged in a jammer to fool his company and every time he drove by newark airport he took down this sophisticated aircraft landing system. jon, the threats are just beginning to be known here with this problem. jon: wow. technology is supposed to make our lives easier. interesting enough. john roberts, thank you. jenna: well, we now know a jury convicted george huguely of murder but his lawyer suggests he may not end up spending decades behind bars. and from the fda, a highly anticipated weight

loss drug, why quenexa may soon be heading to store shelves.

jon: an update now for you on a highly anticipated weight loss drug we first told you about the other day when the fda rejected it out of safety concerns. well now qnexa could soon be hitting store shelves. rick folbaum has more on why. >> reporter: jon, the weight loss market is a big one in this canada it's been about a decade since the fda last approved a weight loss drug and this could soon change, with the patent that qnexa be approved. here's what the doctors advising the fda likes about the drug, most patients for about a year lost almost 10 percent of overall weight so impressive results but here's what the panel is unsure about, possible side

effects, possible heart problems related to the drug. xne -- qnexa was first rejected because of those same concerns. this time around the panel is recommending the fda require research on side effect, those side effects could include raised heart rate, psychiatric problems and birth defects. the fda does not automatically take the advice of the panels but most of the time they do, and in the united states, obesity rates are at almost 35 percent, jon. there are a ton of health problems related to obesity, and analysts say a new weight loss pill, once approved, could attract at least 10 million users its first few years on the market. we'll wait and see what the fda does. jon: this was one that was almost set aside, one that one little town found a way to bring it back. >> reporter: that's right, jon. jon: fascinating. thanks rick. jen jep speaking the fda, the fda is taking steps to ease a critical shortage of

two cancer drug, allowing temporary supplies to be shipped in from overseas but still around 280 drugs are in short supply, that number shifts quite a bit but it caught our attention. we wanted to talk about this with peter adamson, treats youngsters with cancer at a hospital in philadelphia, and also chairman of the children's oncology group at 200 northwestern hospitals that treat children with cancers. so he has a front row seat with this situation. we talked to the fda and they said they're working to make sure the supply shortages don't happen. what is this like for you on a daily basis? >> well, the prognosis for children with cancer has improved dramatically after really decades of research. and the prospect of going back 20 or 30 years because of a drug that is 40 years old becomes unavailable is really unimaginable and for families, of course, who are facing the fight of

childhood cancer, there's no way that we can explain rationally why this should be the case. so it's really an unacceptable situation, and one that fortunately many people have gathered around to try to correct. jenna: and that's something we definitely want to focus on as well. in certain cases like the cancer drug we were just showing on the screen, it does seem like there's a supply back in the market but i've also read the supply will only be a 30-day supply right now, they're hoping to increase that supply. as a drrks how much supply of a drug makes you comfortable? do you need to see a six months supply, a 12 months supply? what do you really want to see? >> it varyies with the drug. -- varies with the drug. fortunately childhood cancer is a rare disease but each day in this country, ten children or teenagers are diagnosed with the acute lymphoblastic leukemia and that happens at our childhood cancer centers around the nation so every

center has to have that available. i think most centers would feel that a one month margin of drugs is the minimum amount they'd feel comfortable with. extending that to 2-3 months, i think that then gives us a safety zone to deal with the changes that might occur. jenna: on a practical level, and i don't know, i'm not a doctor, but when you look at a computer in your office can you see what supplies are out there, or when a drug is out, is it just suddenly out and you really don't have any warning? >> well, jenna, that's a great question, because that is one of the fundamental problems with the system is right now, drug manufacturers are under absolutely no obligation to tell the fda if they're having a problem. to say we can't produce this drug, or we're having a problem with producing it. and what has been happening is we start getting reports from our many member institutions in the children's oncology group saying we're having trouble ordering this drug, is anyone else having trouble, and what we then do is call

the fda. so the equation is backwards. jenna: sure. >> that's why this -- >> jenna: sorry to interrupt. it's so interesting to hear. i think normally as a patient, when i go to get a prescription, i think of course a drug is going to there be, why wouldn't it be there, and it's interesting to hear that's the way you discover it. it brings up a broader point. we were talking to manny alvarez, one of our team members at fox last week, and he said listen, a lot of the times you don't want government involved in your business but here's an opportunity where the government needs to get involved and there needs to be some regular --lation so we know what drugs are out there. would you agree with that or disagree with that? >> absolutely. the system right now is broken, and we're putting bandaid on it -- bawn aids on it until we come up with a fix. the legislation in congress, the preserving access to life saving medication, that was introduced over a year ago now. r, that everyone agrees would be helpful. it'sby partisan, the fda thinks it would be helpful, and certainly, pediatric

oncologists and other medical specialists think it would be helpful. the problem is, of course, it hasn't moved forward. so notifying the fda seems like an obvious first step to take. jenna: that's so interesting to know, to know if you're a drug company and suddenly you can't make a drug for whatever reason, you're under no legal obligation to tell the government that and that obviously has serious consequences. dr. adamson, really interesting to talk to you, we hope to have you back. >> thanks to for covering it, jenna, take care. jon: former college lacrosse star is facing a long prison term following the conviction of the murder of his former girlfriend, also a lacrosse player. we're live from charlottesville with the upgrade on george huguely. >> a series of problems in iraq and there is evidence that iran is promoting the violence.

jenna: in a very big story here, jurors are recommending a 26 year prison sentence for a university of virginia lacrosse player for killing his girlfriend, george huguely convicted of murder and grand larceny in the beating and death of yeardley love. doug mckelway has more. >> reporter: aside from the fact that basic justice

courtroom, very little good came out of what happened in this trial. the crimes that george huguely committed in effect devastated two families, his own, and of course, it goes without saying, the family of that young promising girl that he murdered. listen to the perspectives now of the two opposing attorneys as they came out of the courtroom after the verdict was read in this driving rain storm to comment on the verdict: >> there are no winners in this case. there's nothing but loss, everywhere. >> we are, of course, disappointed with this verdict. and we look forward to some corrections in what happened here tonight. >> reporter: the jury recommending a sentence of 25 years in prison on the second degree murder charge, recommending one year in prison on the grand larceny charge. when the judge imposes the sentence ultimately, taking into account the jury's recommendation on april 16th, he can lower the amount of time that george

huguely can serve but he cannot extend it beyond the jury's recommendation. after the verdict last night, we caught a glimpse of george huguely as he was being led away by deputy sheriffs to the van that transports him to prison but unlike other occasions that we've seen that, last night he was not wearing a belt nor was he wearing shoelaces. his family was also seen leaving the courthouse, they came out the front door past the array of cameras into that driving rain storm, walking single file, the entire extended family, all of them virtually ashen-faced, none speaking a word. the only sound coming from a small child who let out a mournful kind of a wail. two members of the love family spoke during the sentencing phase of the hearing yesterday, including yeardley love's mother, sharon, and one thing in other incredibly emotional testimony really struck me. i'll read it to you right now: she said when yeardley's friends walk into a room, i always think she'll come in behind them. in some ways, it is a metaphor of this entire

trial. it is a metaphor for hope that will never come, and for a young life that was lost and will never return. jenna. jenna: well put, doug, that gives us perspective on all of this as we continue to watch this story and see what the judge does as well. doug mckelway, live for us from virginia, thank you. jon: a tragedy in california leaves one police office there under investigation. some say becomingly police overstaffed an occupy oakland event and wound up not providing help to a man who had reported an intruder at his home. rick folbaum has more live from the new york newsroom. >> reporter: jon, the police in berkeley were in standby mode, waiting for possible trouble at that occupy oakland march, trouble that never came by the way and that's apparently why no one responded to the call, peter hueker had called a nonemergency number to report a suspicious person hanging around the property but because of the occupy

march, police were ordered to respond to in progress emergency calls. the man took a walk to a local firehouse down the street. they were out on a call. so he walked back home and it was once he arrived that the suspicious person, the same one he had seen, threw a ceramic planter at his head, killing him. his wife called 911, police arrived 13 minutes after the original 911 call. had police responded to that original call, jon, as they normally would, they would have gotten there within ten minutes and kueker would be alive. he has a hiss -- the suspect has a history of mental illness. he is in police custody. jon: it is a complicated story. thank you for explaining it for us. it seems the real question here is whether the police department is absolved because that first call came in on a nonemergency line. joining us now with more on this, the anchor of geraldo at large, fox news senior war correspondent geraldo

rivera. apparently kueker and his wife disagreed as to whether she should use 91 -- they should use 911 to place the call to police. are police off the hook on this sphwhun. >> i think so, and i think for exactly the reasons you state. they did not call 911 as i understand it, it was a nonemergency call, and lieutenant andrew greenewood of the oakland police department is saying at the time available, officers are being reconfigured to monitor protests coming from berkeley to oakland in the next hour, from the berkeley p.d., i mean, so it's like the huguely case, it reminds me of, you have, again, a tale, two families, tragic families, in the case of kueker, a wonderful man, a businessman, his wife there, on his own property, minding his own business and daniel dewitt, this 23-year-old kid comes by, he's a grandson of the first black mayor ever of the town of alameda, so you have a kid in and out of

mental institution, his family is desperate to get him help, he's on the streets, roaming around, he has a fictional imaginary fiance named zoe that he was reportedly looking for in the kueker's home, so here's a kid, big kid, football player in high school, a hero who is mentallyil, paranoid schizophrenic, he comes on to the property, looking for his imaginary girlfriend, sees this old guy, kueker, his wife, they are high intelligent people, well functioning people, very well regarded in the community, they don't want to hassle the cops, they call in a nonemergency call, the cops, they just suggest, too busy, too much going oranges then the tragedy ensued. the lesson here is call 911, don't hesitate to protect yourself and your family. jon: but you know, the real puzzling thing is, even after that call came in on the nonemergency line, there was an officer on patrol about 2 miles away from the

house who volunteered to respond to the call. and he was told by his dispatcher, no, we're only taking high priority calls because of this occupy oakland march. >> you know, we can blame occupy oakland, occupy berkeley, occupy everything. in cops you can blame them for lack of initiative in this case. but the police do get many calls. you know, my neighbor is making too much noise, this or that. if there is an ominous threat, you must relay that in no uncertain terms. this is not the time to be measured. this is not the time to say wait, maybe my need is less than others. you've got to, if you feel at all threatened, and if there's a person on your property, and they've been there, you've asked them to leave, and t they won't go home, that's a 911 call. that's not a nonemergency call, jon. you've got to make the cops certain of what's going on. jon: and apparently this guy had spent time in a psychiatric hospital, even his family and the prosecutor asked that he be kept there, and a judge let him out, back in january.

geraldo rivera, we got to say goodbye. >> thank you jon. renjenna: right now the u.s. and north korea resuming talks for the very first time for the first time since the death of king jong-il, the meetings could reveal north korea's willingness to give up its nuclear program. it's a big question. jim walsh is a security expert at mit, and he joins us now. we talk about iran and whether or not iran is going to develop a nuclear weapon but we can't forget about north korea that has nuclear weapons. what is the deal with these talks, what do we need to know? >> this is a bit of good news in a sort of otherwise bad news day. the u.s. and north korea were enghaidged talks back in december and the talks were making progress, talks about food aid, but north korea it appeared was also will to go do something about their nuclear program, begin to pull it back, and this was going to set the stage for the resumption of international talks. right in the middle of the talks, kim jong-il dies.

you remember that. well, then of course the diplomats were called home, then they went radio silent. i think most high ranking officials i've spoken to thought we're not going to hear anything from the north koreans because they're in the 100 days of mourning, they're going to shut down for three months. well you know they got the call, north koreans want to have a meeting again, they met, and from what i understand, of course no announcements were made today, but it looks like that is going to move forward and we will get progress here, and i think that's a good sign. it doesn't mean everything is wine and roses but that's a step in the right direction. jenna: navigating what's happening in the world today, that's an understatement, saying that right now, but with north korea, they do make themselves known, you know? every maybe 6-9 months, something happens over there, there's something that goes on, and i'm just curious, at this point, under new leadership, what kind of threat do you think they pose the united states, if any, and what potential partnership are you watching with them in some other

countries around the world? >> well, jenna, i think you're right about each of those points that you make. you know, the key that you put your finger on is they are undergoing a leadership change. that's always difficult. but you know, it's compounded in the north korean case because you have a young person, the person in his late 20s, who had virtually no experience, who's taking over a country that is having severe problems at home. so there are lots of unknowns. if you ask me jenna what the real risk is here it's not that north korea is going to deliberately start a war because they know they're going to lose. the real risk, as i see it, talking to americans -- talking to americans and south koreans, they miscalculate or crosses the line, then south korea has to respond and back and forth, up the ladder you go and suddenly you're in a war no one wants. so i think that's the thing that concerns me and that's why if they're talking at all that's good news because the north koreans' history shows the north koreans tend to be better behaved when they're involved in some

sort -- in some sort of negotiation. that's why today's developments are important. jenna: an accidental war, something we've talked about as well, that somebody crosses the line and wham, you're in a war in the middle east. why should our attention be? >> [laughter] >> well, you know, i divide mine about half and half! i would say right now certainly in washington, the predominant issue right now is is there going to be war with iran, is israel going to launch a military strike. i think that's on the minds of the white house and the senior members in congress. and that's underandable. and you know, that makes more sense after today, if we can get something going here with north korea, even if it's small, if it's moving in the right direction, then i would feel more comfortable about that, today than i did yesterday, and that yes, right now, because of this israeli-iranian potential conflict, that is what's going to be important over these next several months. jenna: we toss a lot of hard questions at you and tell

you you only have 30 seconds to answer them! appreciate you working with me, jim. you always do. jim walsh with mit's security program, thank you very much. >> thank you jenna. jon: always a champion of brevity. one of the world's most dangerous cities might be a bit on the mend. mogadishu, somalia, scene of the famous black hawk down incident. today lieutenant colonel oliver north takes us to the war zone nearly 20 years after that incident. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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jon: wecialtion there's an atmosphere of change in what may be the world's most dangerous city right now, mog des u, somalia, a lawless hot bed of islamic extremism for decades now. the scene of that tragic u.s. military mission that was portrayed in the movie "black hawk down". today small signs of progress and even rebuilding in a place riddled with poverty, bloodshed and plenty of corruption.

colonel oliver north, streaming live from mog des u. >> i'm next to a sergeant retired, we went to of all places uganda, that's driven al shabab out of the city. take a look at what we saw on that mission. >> in 1993, 18 american special operators were killed in an operation to capture a somali warlord. very few people have had the opportunity to fly over that terrain since. today we're going to do just that. >> the movie "black hawk down" the stadium above mogadishu and featured as a prominent landmark.

this is the real stadium. there's been very few americans back here since those days. it's now the headquarters of amazon's group, here to help the somalis rebuild the capitol. in october 1993, when a black hawk helicopter went down back there, the u.s. army rangers and their friends from special operations had to fight their way up here and down the hill back to the airport. this is the place where they had that big gun battle and you can still see some of the results of it, as this city is being slowly rebuilt >> jon, that mission today would not have been possible for what first sergeant barney perez did. he's the man who built the fuel farm that delivers the fuel to make those kinds of reconnaissance missions possible from that very same airport where all of this began. jon: it appears that -- >> to everybody back home. tell us where smoky is from.

look at -- just everybody looking at this this, is the somali version of a jack rustle terrier, and smoky was adopted by barney and his crew out here that would make all of the missions possible. barney, is there anybody at home you want to say hi to? >> i sure do. i want to tell my wife and kids i love them, my parents and all my family members and the family members on my wife's all. i -- i love you all, love the united states of america. >> this is a war fought by others but helped quietlyby great americans, like first sergeant, barney perez, retired. jon: doing great job there. oliver north, barney, smoky, thank you to each of you. jenna: smoky looks like a pretty good side stick. >> it's known as the red planet but is mars a dead planet or could there be life? shaking up science. we'll tell you about it, next. ♪

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jon: astronomers looking for signs of life on mars finds interesting new evidence, rolling boulders indicating perhaps a marsquake. their quergs of an earthquake. joining us to explain, former astronaut planetary scientist, tom jones, author of the book helicopter planetology" and fox news contributor. why does an earth quake or marsquake indicate the possibility of life on mars? >> it's some great scientist investigation going on, scientists using a camera called the reconnaissance orbiter looked at boulders near a fault system, near a big volcano, called

luezezion. is -- you can see the track, the groove in the dust on mars that indicates the bowedders moved recently and they compare that to an earthquake in italy in 20 09 and saw the same pattern of landslides and boweller motion. so they deduced from the pattern of boulder traction and -- tracks and large amount of movement that there was a recent marsquake there. jon: that indicates life why? >> okay. chapter two. yeah, if you've got a marsquake it has to be caused by the movement of molten rock within the crust at mars. there's a large nearby volcano 10 miles high. if that volcano has moving molten rock under the surface that raises temperatures underneath the surface, probably melting the ice that we do know is there from over reconnaissance missions and that molten water, that liquid water is the perfect water beneath the surface to

host life so it increases the chance we'll find the environment that's necessary for life on mars. jon i don't know there was some thought the boulders might have been frozen in place and because of heating or something on the surface they just simply -- the ice let go and off they went. >> true. that's one explanation. but they looked over about a 200-mile wide area across this fault system and it looks like the range of boulders, ranging from sizes like 6 feet all the way up to 60 feet across means that ice wouldn't be releasing all the random-sized rocks at once, that random size range was the clue. jon: interesting detective work! always love that stuff. tom jones, thank you. and "happening now" will be right back. >> you're welcome, jon. jon: you bet. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them.

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jon: i'm going to go home and check autoclosets for an old -- all the closets for an old comic book collection. jenna: maybe we should all check our closets. jon: good for him. thank you for joining us today.